Big a** chain

Hi, I was procrastinating on pinterest when I found this picture https://ibb.co/gzQo7R and when I saw it my first thought is “wow, thats a big a** chain” than my next thought was “I wonder where I can get a chain like that”. So I was wondering if anyone here knows of where I can get a big chain to use as a prop for a relatively cheap price. It can be a real chain or a plastic chain, I just need a realist big chain.

Thanks,

D1a1v1e1

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@D1a1v1e11&nbsp; What @BobDiMarzio is taking about is taking a piece of say, 3/4" or 1" PVC tubing and cutting it into small sections which would be determined by how big you want the links to actually be and using a heat gun (plumbers use them to thaw metal frozen pipes) and evenly heat the PVC sections until they soften a little. (You would have to keep the heat gun moving along the pipe sections to avoid a puddle) And then using a pre-made form out of plywood and wood (the wooden jig) you bend the softened pipe around to form a link of the chain. Remember that when you make the next one it has to be made through the first one and turned at a 90 degree angle to the first the way a chain is made. Then you paint it look however you need it to look.

It could look something like this very crude mockup. (Couldn't quickly figure out how to bend the pipe around to make a video out of it.

How close are you to any kind of waterfront? The photo looks like an anchor chain to me but you'll see big chains around any kind of shipping docks and you might be able to ask around for a "scrap" piece. Big chains are really freaking heavy though so you're probably better off trying to fabricobble one out of PVC pipe.

Thanks for helping out with the details. I often forget that on a faceless forum the person I may be talking to, is possibly younger than I thought and has not been exposed to those types of construction methods.

Can't see your chain pic but knowing how expensive heavy chain can be,and then there is what to do with such a beast once you are done, so why not but a smaller chain, rough it up a bit (sandpaper, oil) then film it on a green screen (or cloth). Then composite it into our shot nd scale it up.

Thanks guys, sorry I wasn’t very active earlier, my great grandma died and I haven’t been online much.

@Triem23 Thanks! I knew those existed (and I managed to get a small one for 90% off a few days after halloween this year) I was just hoping for a bigger one, I didn’t think to look anywhere other than Amazon tho so thanks!

@EveryoneElseWhoMentionedARealChainOrMakingMyOwn Thanks! I was going to try to get a real one or get my own, but after a little bit of research and reading these I think a real chain would be too heavy and a handmade one would be too hard and unrealistic.

@D1a1v1e11&nbsp; First, my condolences on your loss. It's always hard to lose a loved one. But second, I don't know if you're involved with using Blender or not but here is a tutorial I ran across from this kid I have been taking Udemy courses from on Blender Sims. I am able to learn a lot because he presents the info in a way I can absorb quite well. Thought it might be of interest to you not knowing how much interaction you planned on with the chain.

Thanks, @tddavis and @BobDiMarzo but I am actually pretty good with blender, I was trying to find a chain to use as a prop.

@tddavis@Triem23@jsbarrett Thank you guys for saying that it means a lot, that’s honestly more support than I've gotten from my friends (when your a 15 year old who looks at VFX breakdowns in his spare time you don’t have many friends).

@D1a1v1e11&nbsp; Good job. You are far better at Blender than I am. You really have the texturing and lighting thing down pat. Your prop chain on the wrists looks very convincing as well.

And about your note at the end in the next to last post: Always remember, in a few years when you are working on big Hollywood productions, they'll wish they had studied VFX religiously like you did. Truth be told, I think the vast majority of us on the forum can relate to the 'not many friends' issue.